Google Maps Business Scraper

Extract rich business data from Google Maps using keyword searches or direct place URLs. No API key required.

What it does

This actor opens Google Maps in a real Chromium browser (via Playwright), runs your search queries, and scrapes the full details for every business listing it finds — just like a human would, but at scale and with structured JSON output.

Features

• Search by keyword: "restaurants in Austin TX", "plumbers near 90210", "gyms downtown Chicago"
• Scrape direct place URLs (useful when you already have a list of Google Maps links)
• Extracts all key business fields: name, category, address, phone, website, star rating, review count, opening hours, photos gallery link, latitude/longitude, Google place_id
• Handles Google's cookie consent page automatically
• Paginates through search results to meet your maxResults target
• Rotates Apify residential proxies per request to avoid IP bans
• Retries failed requests up to 3 times with exponential backoff
• Configurable concurrency (parallel tabs) and result limits

Output fields

Each scraped record contains:

Field	Type	Description
place_id	string	Google's unique identifier (e.g. ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4)
name	string	Business name
category	string	Primary Google Maps category (e.g. "Italian restaurant")
address	string	Full street address
phone	string	Listed phone number
website	string	Business website URL
rating	number	Average star rating (1.0–5.0)
review_count	integer	Total number of Google reviews
hours	object	Opening hours by day: { "Monday": "9 AM – 5 PM", ... }
photos_url	string	Link to the Google Maps photos gallery
lat	number	Latitude
lng	number	Longitude
maps_url	string	Full Google Maps URL for this place
search_query	string	The query that surfaced this result
scraped_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Input

Search by keyword

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shops in Seattle WA",
    "pizza restaurants Austin TX"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "country": "US"
}

Scrape specific places by URL

{
  "placeUrls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Space+Needle/@47.6205,-122.3493,17z",
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pike+Place+Market/@47.6094,-122.3424,17z"
  ]
}

Lead generation — find local businesses

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "plumbers in Denver CO",
    "electricians in Denver CO",
    "HVAC contractors in Denver CO"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "country": "US",
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Multi-city restaurant research

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "sushi restaurants in New York City",
    "sushi restaurants in Los Angeles CA",
    "sushi restaurants in Chicago IL"
  ],
  "maxResults": 30,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US"
}

Input schema reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	[]	Google Maps search queries
placeUrls	string[]	[]	Direct Google Maps place URLs
maxResults	integer	20	Max results per query (max 200)
maxConcurrency	integer	3	Parallel browser tabs (max 8)
language	string	"en"	Maps UI language code
country	string	"US"	Proxy geo-targeting country (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
proxyConfig	object	residential	Apify proxy configuration

At least one of searchQueries or placeUrls is required.

Use cases

Local lead generation — Build prospect lists of businesses in a target city and vertical. Export to CSV for cold outreach.

Competitive intelligence — Monitor competitor ratings, review counts, and hours over time. Track new locations opening in your market.

Market research — Identify density of business types in geographic areas. Map where certain industries cluster.

Directory & aggregator sites — Power a local directory website with up-to-date business data without building a Maps integration.

Review analysis — Collect business metadata as a precursor to scraping individual reviews (using a separate reviews actor).

Real estate & site selection — Analyse what business categories exist in a given area as part of site selection research.

Performance & cost estimates

Queries	Max results each	Approx. time	Approx. cost
1	20	~2 min	~$0.05
5	50	~8 min	~$0.25
10	100	~20 min	~$0.60
1	200	~15 min	~$0.45

Actual times depend on Google's response speed and proxy availability. Using more concurrency reduces time but increases memory use.

Proxy recommendations

Residential proxies are strongly recommended. Google Maps is aggressive about rate-limiting datacenter IPs. Apify's RESIDENTIAL proxy group routes requests through real home IP addresses.

Set country to match the country of your search queries for best results (e.g., "US" for US searches, "GB" for UK searches).

Technical notes

• Built with Crawlee PlaywrightCrawler and Chromium
• Automatically handles Google's cookie/consent page in all EU/EEA regions
• Uses session pooling to rotate browser fingerprints
• Exponential backoff on failures (3 retries per request)
• Data is streamed to the Apify dataset in real-time as each place is scraped

Legal disclaimer

This actor is provided for informational and legitimate research purposes only.

Users are solely responsible for ensuring their use of this actor complies with:

• Google's Terms of Service
• Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
• Google's robots.txt restrictions
• Applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Scraping Google Maps at high volume may violate their Terms of Service. The actor's author and Apify assume no legal liability for misuse. Use reasonable rate limits and do not re-sell scraped data in violation of Google's terms.

For high-volume commercial use, consider the official Google Places API.